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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-8-1989
Height6' 3"
Weight200 lbs
Age34 years, 10 months, 8 days
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0.22018
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2013 BAL MLB 38 1 74.7 4 1 0 83 28 58 7 99 10.0 3.4 0.8 7.0 0% .319 1.49 3.86 4.22 107 5.19 124.3 -0.5
2014 BAL MLB 37 1 58.7 4 2 0 70 13 34 2 98 10.7 2.0 0.3 5.2 0% .337 1.41 3.31 2.76 103 4.17 102.3 0.2
2015 BAL MLB 30 0 40.3 2 2 0 52 18 26 4 114 11.6 4.0 0.9 5.8 0% .343 1.74 4.44 4.91 112 6.02 140.6 -0.6
2016 BAL MLB 16 0 24.7 2 2 0 33 10 7 3 113 12.0 3.6 1.1 2.6 60% .333 1.74 5.57 6.93 119 6.79 150.4 -0.5
2017 ARI MLB 43 1 54.0 4 5 0 65 17 29 4 115 10.8 2.8 0.7 4.8 69% .323 1.52 4.12 5.33 101 5.89 125.4 -0.4
2018 ARI MLB 47 0 72.0 2 2 1 64 22 42 4 99 8.0 2.8 0.5 5.3 68% .268 1.19 3.59 2.00 95 4.72 105.5 0.2
2019 ARI MLB 51 0 56.0 0 0 0 71 20 35 6 102 11.4 3.2 1.0 5.6 62% .346 1.63 4.43 4.82 103 6.54 134.3 -0.7
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2011 KIN A+ CAR 2 2 12.0 0 1 0 9 1 12 2 101 6.8 0.8 1.5 9.0 0% .212 0.83 3.64 2.25 90 3.10 63.4
2011 AKR AA EAS 25 25 137.3 9 9 0 140 50 103 9 85 9.2 3.3 0.6 6.8 0% .311 1.38 4.00 3.87 103 5.41 110.5
2012 AKR AA EAS 10 10 60.3 8 2 0 61 12 41 1 100 9.1 1.8 0.1 6.1 0% .328 1.21 2.80 2.69 83 4.37 91.0
2012 COH AAA INT 17 17 102.7 8 6 0 112 33 55 9 109 9.8 2.9 0.8 4.8 0% .306 1.41 4.22 4.82 111 5.39 112.2
2013 BAL MLB AL 38 1 74.7 4 1 0 83 28 58 7 99 10.0 3.4 0.8 7.0 0% .319 1.49 3.86 4.22 107 5.19 124.3
2014 BAL MLB AL 37 1 58.7 4 2 0 70 13 34 2 98 10.7 2.0 0.3 5.2 0% .337 1.41 3.31 2.76 103 4.17 102.3
2014 ABE A- NYP 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 1.00 2.44 0.00 82 2.61 55.2
2014 NOR AAA INT 5 5 24.0 0 1 0 21 8 25 0 106 7.9 3.0 0.0 9.4 0% .309 1.21 2.76 3.75 81 4.25 89.9
2015 BAL MLB AL 30 0 40.3 2 2 0 52 18 26 4 114 11.6 4.0 0.9 5.8 0% .343 1.74 4.44 4.91 112 6.02 140.6
2015 NOR AAA INT 16 9 52.7 2 3 1 42 14 31 0 96 7.2 2.4 0.0 5.3 0% .255 1.06 2.77 2.91 95 3.31 72.5
2016 BAL MLB AL 16 0 24.7 2 2 0 33 10 7 3 113 12.0 3.6 1.1 2.6 60% .333 1.74 5.57 6.93 119 6.79 150.4
2016 FRD A+ CAR 2 2 2.3 0 0 0 7 1 4 2 120 27.0 3.9 7.7 15.4 30% .625 3.43 12.54 19.29 106 9.68 213.6
2016 BOW AA EAS 2 1 3.0 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 90 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 82% .300 1.33 5.69 3.00 95 4.74 104.6
2016 NOR AAA INT 8 4 26.3 1 1 0 33 7 11 3 103 11.3 2.4 1.0 3.8 63% .330 1.52 4.84 4.44 120 6.51 143.7
2016 ORI Rk GCL 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 82 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 88% .000 0.33 3.64 0.00 115 3.40 75.1
2017 ARI MLB NL 43 1 54.0 4 5 0 65 17 29 4 115 10.8 2.8 0.7 4.8 69% .323 1.52 4.12 5.33 101 5.89 125.4
2017 RNO AAA PCL 7 0 11.0 0 0 1 6 4 9 0 4.9 3.3 0.0 7.4 81% .231 0.91 3.17 0.00 88 2.90 61.7
2018 ARI MLB NL 47 0 72.0 2 2 1 64 22 42 4 99 8.0 2.8 0.5 5.3 68% .268 1.19 3.59 2.00 95 4.72 105.5
2019 ARI MLB NL 51 0 56.0 0 0 0 71 20 35 6 102 11.4 3.2 1.0 5.6 62% .346 1.63 4.43 4.82 103 6.54 134.3
2019 RNO AAA PCL 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 3 1 7 1 6.8 2.3 2.3 15.8 63% .286 1.00 4.29 4.50 67 1.56 32.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 1208 0.4470 0.4512 0.7780 0.6093 0.3234 0.8906 0.6065 0.2220
2014 855 0.4573 0.4830 0.8063 0.6471 0.3448 0.9289 0.6125 0.1937
2015 667 0.4603 0.4738 0.8354 0.6124 0.3556 0.9043 0.7344 0.1646
2016 373 0.4209 0.4584 0.8655 0.6752 0.3009 0.9528 0.7231 0.1345
2017 848 0.3903 0.4717 0.8400 0.6737 0.3424 0.9238 0.7345 0.1600
2018 1068 0.2921 0.4382 0.7991 0.6538 0.3492 0.9069 0.7159 0.2009
2019 894 0.3479 0.4877 0.7775 0.6785 0.3859 0.8673 0.6933 0.2225
Career59130.39730.46490.80670.64700.34550.90580.68040.1933

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 OAK $
2023 NYN $
2022 SLN $2,500,000
2021 WAS $
2020 OAK $1,800,000
2019 ARI $1,400,000
2018 ARI $850,000
2017 ARI $
2016 BAL $523,500
2015 BAL $
2014 BAL $
2013 BAL $490,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$7,563,500
6 yrTotal$7,563,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 50 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 1/25/24 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Oakland in trade from LA Dodgers 3/26/24. Contract selected by Oakland 3/26/24.
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/3/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Mets 6/26/23. DFA by NY Mets 7/14/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/17/23 (refused assignment, elected free agency). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 7/22/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2.5M (2022). Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 11/8/21. May earn additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. DFA by St. Louis 8/10/22. Released 8/12/22. Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 8/23/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/16/21 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 3/26/21. Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 4/5/21 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 7/1/21. Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 7/1/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by St. Louis 7/16/21.
  • 1 year/$1.8M (2020). Re-signed by Oakland 12/2/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.45M (2019). Re-signed by Arizona 1/23/19 (avoided arbitration, $1.675M-$1.275M). 19:$1.4M, 20:$1.85M club option ($50,000 buyout). Arizona declined 2020 option 10/31/19. Claimed by Oakland off waivers from Arizona 11/4/19.
  • 1 year/$850,000 (2018). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/6/17. May earn additional $0.35M in performance bonuses. (Earned additional $0.25M based on games pitched.)
  • 1 year/$685,000 (2017). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/12/17 (avoided arbitration). Award bonuses: $50,000 each for All-Star, Gold Glove. DFA by Baltimore 2/19/17. Released 2/28/17. Signed by Arizona as a free agent 3/2/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Arizona 4/27/17. Non-tendered by Arizona 12/1/17.
  • 1 year/$523,500 (2016). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/16. DFA by Baltimore 8/28/16 )(optional assignment).
  • 1 year/$519,000 (2015). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/10/15.
  • 1 year/$505,500 (2014). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/11/14.
  • 1 year/$490,000 (2013). Selected by Baltimore from Cleveland in Rule 5 draft 12/6/12. Signed by Baltimore 3/8/13.
  • Drafted by Cleveland 2007 (4-137) (Stagg HS, Palos Heights, Ill.). $285,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 14.4 12 5 10 1 .260 1.19 3.35 3.65 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.4 9 3 6 1 .275 1.28 3.69 4.02 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 6 2 4 0 .285 1.35 3.94 4.29 -0.1 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 .293 1.41 4.16 4.52 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .302 1.46 4.36 4.74 -0.1 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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T.J. McFarland has thrown 8,887 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (88mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Change (81mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (82mph).